Discovery Box1 Samuel 2:11 
Context2:11 Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah. But the boy was serving the Lord under the supervision of 1 Eli the priest.
1 Samuel 4:10
Context4:10 So the Philistines fought. Israel was defeated; they all ran home. 2 The slaughter was very great; thirty thousand foot soldiers fell in battle.
1 Samuel 7:17
Context7:17 Then he would return to Ramah, because his home was there. He also judged 3 Israel there and built an altar to the Lord there.
1 Samuel 25:1
Context25:1 Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned him. They buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David left and went down to the desert of Paran. 4
1 Samuel 28:24
Context28:24 Now the woman 5 had a well-fed calf 6 at her home that she quickly slaughtered. Taking some flour, she kneaded bread and baked it without leaven.
1 tn Heb “with [or “before”] the face of.”
2 tn Heb “and they fled, each to his tents.”
3 tn Or perhaps “settled disputes for” (cf. NLT “would hear cases there”; NRSV “administered justice there”).
4 tc The LXX reads “Maon” here instead of “Paran,” perhaps because the following account of Nabal is said to be in Maon (v. 2). This reading is followed by a number of English versions (e.g., NAB, NIV, NCV, NLT). The MT, however, reads “Paran,” a location which would parallel this portion of David’s life with that of the nation Israel which also spent time in Paran (Num 10:12). Also, the desert of Paran was on the southern border of Judah’s territory and would be the most isolated location for hiding from Saul.
5 sn Masoretic
6 tn Heb “a calf of the stall.”
